Lever grip



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L. SCHNEIDER. LEVER GRIP. FILED MAY 26, I921v Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

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LOUIS SCHNEIDER, O33 CLINTON, MISSOURI.

LEVER GRIP.

Application filed. May 26, 1921. Serial No. 472,683.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Louis Sormnrnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Henry, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Lever Grip; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to lever grips used in connection. with preferably heavy machinery and has for its object to provide a grip pivotally secured to a lever at a point centrally of the grip, thereby during a lever operation, fingers ot' the operator to be disposed above and below the piv 'al point of the grip so that the operator will have complete control of the lever and the load will be disposed on the pivotal point of the grip at a point substantiall centrally of the fingers. A. further object is to provide a l ver grip comprising an elongated linger engaging member having rearwardly extending intel cars substantially centrally thereof and at opted to receive therebetweiui a lever and be pirotally connected thereto, and to provide a struck in lug substantially centrally of the grip to which lug a detent connecting rod may be pivolally connected.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination. and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the i'lrawings. described and claii'ned it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conventional form of lever, showing the grip applied thereto.

Figure 2' is an enlarged detail view of the upper end of the lever showing the grip in vertical section.

l igurc 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3b of Figure Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of operating lever and 2 the segmental rack to which said lever is connected as at 3. Slidably 1nounted in lugs 4 carried by the lever l is a connecting rod 5, the lower end of which rod is connected to a detent {3 which cooperates with the teeth 7 of the segmental rack 2. The detent 6 is normally held downwardly by means of a coiled. spring 7 which is interposed between the upper lug 4 and the collar 8 carried by the connecting rod. The above mechanism set forth for illustrative purposes only and it is to be understood that the gripping device hereinafter described and claimed may be used in connection with any form of lever to which it is applicable.

Pivotally connected to cent the handle member 9 10 is a rockable grip 11, which grip is pivoted to the lever l by the pin 10 which passes through the integral ears 12 disposed substantially centrally of the grip i1. When the operator grasps the handle member 9 and the grip 1.1, it will be seen that the lever 1 adjaby means of a pin the fingers of the operator will be disposed above and below the pivotal pin 10 and consequently the load will be carried on said pivotal pin thereby allowing the operator to coi'upletely control said lever during its movement and at the same time when tl e operator imparts a pull on the lever the load will be carried centrally of the operatoris hand, thereby obviating slipping of the hand on the grip which is common in grips now in use which are pivoted at one end and the fingers of the operator consequently are disposed above said pivotal point and positions where they will easily slip when a pull is inij'iarted on the lever. The upper end of the connecting rod 5 is pivotally connected to a struck in ear carried by the grip 11 at a point substantially centrally thereof, and adjacent the pivotal pin 10. It will be seen that when the operator grasps the lever and the grip 11 that said grip will be rocked on the pivotal point 10 so that its lower end ll will move outwardly at the same time that its upper end li will move inwardly. The rocking action will impart a pull on the connecting rod 5 thereby raising the detent 6 out of engagement with the teeth T of the segmental rack 2. at which time the load which the lever ma be carrying will be balanced on the pivot pin 10 in such manner that the load is centrally disposed in the operators hand during a lever pulling operation.

From the above it will be seen that a lever grip is provided which is simple in construction and one so constriuzted that during a lever pulling operation the load will be so distributed that the danger of slipping of the' grip within the hand is obviated-i The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with a lever having a pawl operating connecting rod thereon, of ahand engaging grip carried by said lever,

said hand engaging grip being provided" with rearwardly extending ears, a pivotal bolt extending through said ears: and through the lever and forming a pivotal point for the grip, said ears being disposed substantially centrally of the grip, a transversely: disposed? inwardly; extending and inwardlystruck integral lug carried by the grip substantially centrally thereof, to which; lug; the connecting rod is pivotally connected.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing" witnesses.

LOUIS SCHNEIDER. Witnesses T. A". ROBERTS, J; Ci FERRY. 

